Glam

Britain in the early 1970s was 'the land that time forgot' - a country in the grip of strikes, power cuts, inflation, unemployment, and terrorism; a country that often felt like a very bleak place indeed. However, exploding onto the scene to defy the gloom, the extraordinary fusion of flamboyant music and outrageous fashion called 'glam rock' offers nineteen-year-old Steve Shelton an opportunity to break free from family and religion and pursue an abiding ambition: to be the greatest rock guitarist of all time. Within a few short years that ambition will propel him from strumming in a small, close-knit church in the industrial English Midlands to stadium-rocking across the United States - a journey to hell and back during which this tormented prodigal will discover the truth about freedom, fame and excess.